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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good lord.  We're with Arlington and we love it - I haven't seen anything like what's being discussed here.  The parents on our team and the parents that I meet at pooled practices and tournaments have been great, and I feel like the coaches, at least at our level, are more low-key than many we've played against.  They seem to teach the younger kids the fundamentals without focusing on scoring.  (which resulted in us getting absolutely crushed during our first 4 games our first season, but we're doing better now.)

I did find it kind of interesting that they started this Academy thing this year, identifying rec kids who played winter soccer for travel potential.  The two Academy kids from our rec team are 2 of our best and the only ones trying out for travel this year, so the selection methodology seems appropriate.

I think the only downside is that they field so many teams at the lower level, that if you're on one of the 5th or 6th lowest teams, you are coming up against teams from BRYC and VYSA and VSA etc. who are probably just better teams.  You can start to feel like cannon fodder.  Plus you're seen as feeder material for the upper teams when they lose girls or need subs, so you end up playing tournaments and games with less than a full roster.  It's hard to play for an hour with only 2 subs.[/quote]

The girls and boys side are incredibly different.  All of the complaints I hear are mainly from the boys side.  If you have only girls then you have no idea.

The girls U9 also took every girl that showed up at tryouts so there is that as well.[/quote]

The girls side on Arlington is the same way, you must not have girls.  The Arlington U9 and U10 girls are undefeated this year, so there is that[/quote]

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